Club Mgmt. Board of Directors as led by President Dave Barham

[Lore]

Spoiler: Timeline of events

• 15/8: President, Paul Brasher resigns, replaced by Dave Barham who foreshadows external review
  • Votes for Brasher: Peter Allen, Simon Madden, Sean Wellman
    Sean Wellman

    Age

    49

    Ht

    193cm

    Wt

    90kg

    Pos.

    Def

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    14.1

    4star

    K

    9.7

    4star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    4.5

    4star

    T

    1.0

    3star

    No current season stats available

    D

    8.0

    2star

    K

    4.4

    2star

    HB

    3.6

    3star

    M

    2.6

    3star

    T

    0.8

    3star

  • Votes for Barham: Andrew Muir, Dorothy Hisgrove, Melissa Green, Kate O’Sullivan, Kevin Sheedy
• 21/8: Senior Coach, Ben Rutten
  Ben Rutten

  Age

  40

  Ht

  190cm

  Wt

  98kg

  Pos.

  Def

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  13.4

  3star

  K

  6.3

  2star

  HB

  7.0

  4star

  M

  5.3

  5star

  T

  1.3

  3star

  No current season stats available

  D

  10.6

  3star

  K

  6.2

  3star

  HB

  4.4

  4star

  M

  3.6

  4star

  T

  1.0

  3star

  sacked
• 24/8: CEO, Xavier Campbell resigns
• 24/8: Directors to resign
  • Paul Brasher, immediately
  • Simon Madden, immediately
  • Sean Wellman, after new football director is appointed
  • Peter Allen, after AGM & finance portfolio handover in December
• 26/8: Details of coaching selection committee appointment
  • Sub-committee of 6: Josh Mahoney
    Josh Mahoney

    Age

    46

    Ht

    180cm

    Wt

    83kg

    Pos.

    Fwd

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    11.3

    3star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    4.5

    3star

    M

    3.5

    4star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.9

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    9.2

    3star

    K

    5.4

    2star

    HB

    3.8

    3star

    M

    2.2

    3star

    T

    1.6

    4star

    G

    0.4

    3star

    (Chair, GM-Footy), Robert Walls, Jordan Lewis
    Jordan Lewis

    Age

    38

    Ht

    186cm

    Wt

    86kg

    Pos.

    D/M

    Career

    Season

    Last 5

    D

    23.5

    5star

    K

    12.1

    4star

    HB

    11.5

    5star

    M

    5.5

    5star

    T

    2.7

    4star

    MG

    310.5

    4star

    No current season stats available

    D

    15.0

    4star

    K

    6.8

    3star

    HB

    8.2

    5star

    M

    4.8

    5star

    T

    2.8

    5star

    , Simone McKinnis OAM, Andrew Thorburn and Dorothy Hisgrove (board member).
• 26/8: Details of external review process
  • Ernst & Young to coordinate with support from Andrew Thorburn, working closely with Nick Ryan (Acting CEO) & Dorothy Hisgrove (board member)
  • Focusing on four areas: (1) Board effectiveness & composition, (2) a review of leadership, operations and culture including the footy department, (3) the senior coach appointment and (4) the new CEO appointment.
• 26/9: Andrew Welsh appointed to the board of directors, replacing Simon Madden
• 29/9: Brad Scott appointed as Senior Coach
• 30/9: Kevin Sheedy claims decision to appoint Brad Scott was 6-1 against him
• 3/10: Andrew Thorburn appointed as CEO - alternative link
• 3/10: “External review to be handed to the board next week”: Andrew Thorburn, Crichton Medal Address
• 4/10: Andrew Thorburn resigns as CEO
• 11/10: External review preliminary findings
• 24/10: External review preliminary findings II
• 2/11: Dan McPherson appointed as General Manager of Performance & Cam Roberts as Head of Development
• 11/11: Dean Rioli appointed to the board of directors, replacing Paul Brasher
• 14/11: Tim Roberts & David Wills appointed to the board of directors, replacing Sean Wellman and Paul Allen respectively
• 28/11: Dorothy Hisgrove announced as first female vice-president (at the Essendon Women's Best and Fairest night)
• 1/12: Craig Vozzo appointed as CEO
• 13/12: Board director election results: Andrew Welsh and Andrew Muir elected
• 15/5: The club's First Nations Advisory Council established, to be led by Dean Rioli (chair, Indigenous board member), and including: Leanne Brooke (EFC EGM – Community & The Long Walk. Essendon FC), Dorothy Hisgrove (EFC VP and National Manager Partner KPMG), Kane Ellis (CEO of Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service), John Evans (Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Engagement at Swinburne) and Che Cockatoo-Collins (EM, Indigenous Affairs NBN, EFC Past Player)
• 16/5: Board of Directors declare support for the First Nations Voice to Parliament, after consultation with the new First Nations Advisory Council
• 28/8: EGM - Football, Josh Mahoney has accepted a role as GM Football Operations at the AFL
• 10/10: GM - Performance Daniel McPherson, and Head of AFLW/AFL Operations Manager Aysha Ward have been elevated to the club executive as joint leaders of the club's football department, as GM-AFL and GM-AFLW respectively

 

[foj1]

It said nothing.
thanked Adam saad for three years of footy. Whoopsi doo.
the club leaks info about Adam and then denies it.
what absolute unadulterated crap.
i think a video like this would be more useful and honest after trade season is done.
absolutely uninspiring

 

[Lore]

i think a video like this would be more useful and honest after trade season is done.

Well since the last one was about a month ago, and the end of trade period is almost exactly month away, I think you could put it in your calendar.

 

[Mootsy]

All this commotion, politicising and summation over what is essentially the ability to better use a 25” inch piece of leather..

 

[Lore]

All this commotion, politicising and summation over what is essentially the ability to better use a 25” inch piece of leather..

Welcome to bigfooty

 

[Lore]

Saad departure sparks 'deep' Essendon investigation

After several weeks of negativity Essendon president Paul Brasher will interview players and football department staff to get to the bottom of the club's issues and set a path forward.

www.theage.com.au

Looks like he might've had words with Peter Ryan as well, although for the most part it mirrors the member video.

Brasher will interview about 30 people across all areas of the department including players, coaches and football staff in what he describes as a "deep, fact-finding exercise" to separate fact from fiction and set the club on a course for success after another poor season in 2020 when they won just one game after round eight to finish 13th.

Brasher, the club's new president, told The Age those questioned would be asked "what they like about what the club is doing, what is not going well and what do we need to improve on to give you the best chance of success" within a structured discussion that will focus on the issues the club needs to concentrate on.

"We as a club have got a responsibility to help more players grow their leadership responsibilities and that is something we are going to be concentrating on to a greater extent," Brasher said.

"All of us whether it be 'Truck' [Ben Rutten], whether it be Dyson [Heppell], whether it be the young guys coming through, I think there is going to be a concentration on thinking what does every individual need to help them develop and how can we do that in a way that is going to give them the best chance [of success]."

 

[ant555]

The last passage is music to my ears. May still be only talk but at least it is being spoken.

 

[Howard Moon]

I notice he refers to the players as Joey, Raz...

To me that tells me he's coming in as a fan also , not just a business guy

 

[Lore]

I notice he refers to the players as Joey, Raz...

To me that tells me he's coming in as a fan also , not just a business guy

Or he knows he’s talking to fans and speaks accordingly, kind of like referring to your wife as “Mum” when talking to your kids

 

[ant555]

Or he knows he’s talking to fans and speaks accordingly, kind of like referring to your wife as “Mum” when talking to your kids

I can say he is a Bomber supporter first and foremost.

 

[Lore]

I can say he is a Bomber supporter first and foremost.

Pretty sure he called them Daniher and Saad last time I think most of us use last names and nicknames interchangeably.

I would be amused if they started calling him Joseph though.

 

[CBombers17]

I may have missed it but has Brasher acknowledged the calls for an external review of the club anywhere?

Surely the insight that would come with a review would help the club get back to the top - or are we thinking that conversations between say Brasher and Dodoro will give us a best practice recruiting department for example?

Surely without some sort of review there's the insular element of Essendon people talking to Essendon people at play again. What's the problem with conducting one? Could it be the cost? Expose too much poor governance?

 

[Old Campaigner]

What concerns me is that Brasher has been on the board for 8 years or so and must at least in part be responsible for the mediocrity we’ve revelled in over that time.

So here he is, going around asking questions of people and systems put in place during his tenure, he’s essentially auditing his own work. If he finds something bad that he is ultimately responsible for there would be a huge temptation to sweep it under the rug or simply refuse to acknowledge it as a problem. He is also subject to his own biases and passion for the club. Passion is great but it can lead to tunnel vision. This is why I think it is critical we get an independent set of eyes to conduct the review and otherwise we’re a big chance of wasting a golden opportunity for a transformation of the club.

 

[DERO]

I may have missed it but has Brasher acknowledged the calls for an external review of the club anywhere?

Surely the insight that would come with a review would help the club get back to the top - or are we thinking that conversations between say Brasher and Dodoro will give us a best practice recruiting department for example?

Surely without some sort of review there's the insular element of Essendon people talking to Essendon people at play again. What's the problem with conducting one? Could it be the cost? Expose too much poor governance?

Looks like he is conducting the review himself. I don't think it would hurt to get someone from outside in for another set of non-Essendon eyes.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Looks like he is conducting the review himself. I don't think it would hurt to get someone from outside in for another set of non-Essendon eyes.

I would like a thorough independent review. I could understand in the current climate why the club may not want the media circus of one however given they want Rutten to feel supported in his 1st year.

If there is a way to quietly do a thorough independent review great. I don’t need to hear about it, but I want it to happen. I doubt that’s the case though.

 

[I Remember Bluey]

Looks like he is conducting the review himself. I don't think it would hurt to get someone from outside in for another set of non-Essendon eyes.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

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[babydoll]

I would like a thorough independent review. I could understand in the current climate why the club may not want the media circus of one however given they want Rutten to feel supported in his 1st year.

If there is a way to quietly do a thorough independent review great. I don’t need to hear about it, but I want it to happen. I doubt that’s the case though.

It is easy to say do get an outside-in analysis. But this could cost the club a heap of money that we don't have, or if we do but is better spent elsewhere. You know, a lot of these consultants will simply tell you what you already know. In my work I often hear the sayings about consultants "ask for your watch and then tell you the time". In my experience this is absolutely true. What is absolutely necessary, however, is that whoever is doing this review that they take the advice seriously, don't make it personal, be transparent about the findings and then undertake some / all of the recommendations in a systematic and cohesive manner. External reviews are completely useless if the Board don't act on the advice, or if they use it as a mandate to run their own agenda.

 

[I Remember Bluey]

 

[EnolaGay]

is anyone else not getting the members emails? first I did'nt get the members survey, now I havent got the Brashjer XXX uncut VID?

Probably in your Junk Email box, the same place you'll find our 2020 season.

 

[ant555]

I may have missed it but has Brasher acknowledged the calls for an external review of the club anywhere?

Surely the insight that would come with a review would help the club get back to the top - or are we thinking that conversations between say Brasher and Dodoro will give us a best practice recruiting department for example?

Surely without some sort of review there's the insular element of Essendon people talking to Essendon people at play again. What's the problem with conducting one? Could it be the cost? Expose too much poor governance?

Right now cost but also timing. Personally I think the best time to do an external review will be after next season if similar issues exist. I am not always a fan of external reviews anyway. The last one we did gave ASADA and WADA all the evidence they needed to convict us. Adelaide's external review did nothing for them either.
On top of that it looks like they already have an idea of what has been going wrong.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

It is easy to say do get an outside-in analysis. But this could cost the club a heap of money that we don't have, or if we do but is better spent elsewhere. You know, a lot of these consultants will simply tell you what you already know. In my work I often hear the sayings about consultants "ask for your watch and then tell you the time". In my experience this is absolutely true. What is absolutely necessary, however, is that whoever is doing this review that they take the advice seriously, don't make it personal, be transparent about the findings and then undertake some / all of the recommendations in a systematic and cohesive manner. External reviews are completely useless if the Board don't act on the advice, or if they use it as a mandate to run their own agenda.

I’m not talking about professional consulting companies who basically run through a cookie cutter checklist without using their brains like telemarketers reading scripts. I don’t want them either.

I want a couple of knowledgeable external football people who know what successful setups look like and have held senior positions. Dunstall is someone I respect. Roos could be good and maybe someone from a list management and recruiting background.

Let them go through every area of the club they want to, ask any questions and interview anyone. Then listen to what they recommend.

 

[ant555]

I’m not talking about professional consulting companies who basically run through a cookie cutter checklist without using their brains like telemarketers reading scripts. I don’t want them either.

I want a couple of knowledgeable external football people who know what successful setups look like and have held senior positions. Dunstall is someone I respect. Roos could be good and maybe someone from a list management and recruiting background.

Let them go through every area of the club they want to, ask any questions and interview anyone. Then listen to what they recommend.

Few comments around that the Adelaide external review which Dunstall was a part of was not great.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Right now cost but also timing. Personally I think the best time to do an external review will be after next season if similar issues exist. I am not always a fan of external reviews anyway. The last one we did gave ASADA and WADA all the evidence they needed to convict us. Adelaide's external review did nothing for them either.
On top of that it looks like they already have an idea of what has been going wrong.

I think if it’s handled respectfully then why wait?

We really don’t know whether Adelaide implemented all the recommendations and/or if it did help. Maybe they’d be even worse without it.

 

[Howard Moon]

Probably in your Junk Email box, the same place you'll find our 2020 season.

I checked, found this

Dear Beloved friend

I know this message will come to you as a surprised but permit me my desire to go I to business relationship with you

I am Mr Brasher son of Nigerian prince, my late father came into the sum of 20000000000000000000000000 dollars which he deposited in a bank account in Australia for safe keepings

I am here to asking for an avenue to transfering the money via coaterie memberships of the outstanding footballs club of Essington town

If helping me I offer you you the sum of 3 wins next year but also the win of tradings week

Your immediate response is appreciate


I'm considering it, seems a nice chap

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Few comments around that the Adelaide external review which Dunstall was a part of was not great.

Not having a go at you, but comments by who? Not great in what way?